Friday, 14 March 2014

Vintage Time Traveller

Good morning everyone from a very wet and windy Shetland! Today is a bonus day over at A Vintage Journey as the Design Team are sharing tags made in the Tim Holtz style filling the spot which will eventually be filled by winners and Guest Creative Travellers.I couldn't wait to get started with the wonderful Time Traveller stamp set when it arrived last week along with two new Distress Inks - Salty Ocean and Gathered Twigs.

I inked my base tag using the two DIs and a mixture of blending and wrinkle free - I do this all the time! Once dry I overstamped using Picket Fence Distress Stain with the wonderful background stamp from Papillon - I just love this effect. I left it to dry naturally and then overstamped again with the wheels stamp in Gathered Twigs, stamping off first on a piece of paper, so this was a second generation inking. I loved it so much I didn't want to cover it up!

One of the time travellers got painted in the same DIs and I added a few bits of tissue tape, labels and that fabulous negative strip which I never tire of.

Thank you for travelling with me this morning and I would suggest that you pop over to A Vintage Journey and look at the wonderful tags made by the rest of the Design Team - they are all so inspiring!

15 comments:

Your tag is just fabulous Jennie! I can totally see why you did not want to cover up the background.... Having said that, the way you finished it with the gent and the other elements looks fantastic, a wonderful tag!!

Brown and blue are some of my favorite color combinations and I love your tag! The layers on your background make a perfect setting for the time traveler. I hear you about not wanting to cover up that stunning background! Hugs!

Just love this, Jennie! You already know I love the colour combination (!), and that Picket Fence stamping is so subtle and so effective. Love the wheels too, and great use of the tissue tape and film strip - brilliant!Alison xx

The Salty Ocean and Gathered Twigs look fabulous together and I love the overstamping in the Picket Fence. I don't think I would have wanted to cover this up either. The Traveller looks fantastic too, that is such a versatile stamp. Love your tag! Sorry to be so late but you have only just come in my reader for some reason. Anne xx

oh my Jennie this Time Traveller looks perfectly ready for his journey. I can see why these colours could become a firm favourite for all of us, they work so well together and with your fabulous design. Love it xx

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Live the Dream is all about my creative journey which seems to be continually evolving!
My style is shabby vintage mixed media and I am passionate about making my own flower embellishments. I love sharing my work either in tutorials here and on Design Team blogs and also at workshops here in Shetland.
Where will it lead me next I wonder - wherever or whatever I know I am living the dream!